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Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 3280 — We went out with the Messenger of Allah

حَدَّثَنَا الْمِقْدَامُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ، ثنا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى، ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ، ثنا ابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ، عَنْ سِنَانِ بْنِ أَبِي سِنَانٍ اللَّيْثِيِّ، ثُمَّ الْجُنْدَعِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي وَاقِدٍ اللَّيْثِيِّ، قَالَ: خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَنَحْنُ حَدِيثُو عَهْدٍ بِجَاهِلِيَّةٍ، وَقَدْ كَانَتْ لِكُفَّارِ قُرَيْشٍ وَمَنْ سِوَاهُمْ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ شَجَرَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ يُقَالُ لَهَا ذَاتَ أَنْوَاطٍ، يَأْتُونَهَا كُلَّ عَامٍ، فَيُعَلِّقُونَ بِهَا أَسْلِحَتَهُمْ، ويُرِيحُونَ تَحْتَهَا، وَيَعْكُفُونَ عَلَيْهَا يَوْمًا، فَرَأَيْنَا وَنَحْنُ نَسِيرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سِدْرَةً خَضْرَاءَ عَظِيمَةً، فَتَنَادَيْنَا مِنْ جَنَبَاتِ الطَّرِيقِ، فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، اجْعَلْ لَنَا ذَاتَ أَنْوَاطٍ، فَقَالَ: " اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، قُلْتُمْ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ كَمَا قَالَ قَوْمُ مُوسَى: {اجْعَلْ لَنَا إِلَهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ آلِهَةٌ} [الأعراف: ١٣٨] الْآيَةَ، لَتَرْكَبُنَّ سَنَنَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ "
Sayyiduna Abu Waqid al-Laythi (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We went out with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and we had only recently left the Jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic ignorance). The disbelievers of Quraysh and other Arab tribes had a huge tree called Dhat Anwat. They would come to it every year, hang their weapons on it, rest beneath it, and remain around it in devotion for a day. The narrator said: As we were travelling with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), we saw a huge green lote tree, so we called out from the different sides of the road and said: O Messenger of Allah, make a Dhat Anwat for us. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allahu Akbar! By the One in whose hand the soul of Muhammad is, you have said just as the people of Musa (peace be upon him) said: 'Make for us a god just as they have gods' [Surah al-A'raf: 138]. You will surely follow the ways of those who came before you."
Hadith Reference المعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الحاء / 3280
Hadith Takhrij المعجم الكبير للطبراني (مطبوعہ): جلد 3، صفحہ 244، حدیث 3293